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An Estonian Argentine is an Argentine citizen of Estonian descent or an Estonia-born person who resides in the country. Argentina is home to the fourth largest Estonian community in the Americas, behind the United States, Canada and Brazil. Estonian immigration to Argentina began in the early twentieth century and continued after the Second World War. Despite not having arrived in large numbers as other nationalities, the Estonian presence was important, settling mainly in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province and elsewhere within their new country. == History == Like their Baltic neighbours, Estonians have a significant diaspora, especially created after the Second World War. There are approximately 1,100,000 Estonians in the world, of which 930,000 live in Estonia representing 85% of the total, the remaining 15% is distributed primarily in Russia, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Sweden and Finland. There are organised groups of Estonians in more than 20 countries such as Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States.〔Estonian tastes and traditions. Karin Annus Kärner. 2005. ISBN 0-78181122-8〕 Most Estonians and their descendants in Latin America are in Argentina (mainly in Buenos Aires) and Brazil (being São Paulo the main destination), where as small communities continue to operate.〔Trames. A journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. No 3, Vol 1(51/46), 1997〕〔Historical Dictionary of Estonia - Toivo Miljan - 2004 ISBN 0-8108-4904-6〕 Many Estonians who immigrated to Brazil left this country to return home or to move to other places in North America (mainly the U.S.) and South America (mainly Argentina).〔(I Eestlased väljarändajatena )〕〔(Migration flows of Estonians during the last century )〕 In 1924, Estonians founded "''The Estonian Society of Argentina''" ((スペイン語:Sociedad Estonia de Argentina)), i.e., much earlier than in other countries with a larger number of Estonians. At the end of the second decade of the 20th century there were about 3,000 Estonians in Argentina. Today, about 1,500 Estonians reside in Argentina, who are mostly interested in the development of relations between Estonia and Argentina. In 2006, to meet the needs of Estonians living in Argentina, a consular mission was organised in Buenos Aires. During the mission, the consul of Estonia who resides in New York held various consular services for local Estonians. The Estonian community in Buenos Aires consists of about 50 families with Estonian roots. Unfortunately, members of the younger generations have only a small knowledge of the Estonian language due to the preference for the Spanish language as their mother tongue.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Estonian Argentine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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